Alcaraz wins his first match in four months, and wins it on the margins

Carlos Alcaraz had not played a competitive match since April. On Monday night he beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the US Open, and the scoreline was considerably more comfortable than the tennis: eight points separated the two men across three hours of it, 99 to 91. But the Spaniard won the vast majority of the key points. His next opponent will be Jaime Faria from…

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